HPDBC Chapter 199 Trying My Hand At Mixing
Chapter 199 Trying My Hand At Mixing
I looked at the four girls standing on the other side of the bar across from me.
"I just want to say that I am an amateur mixer at best, ok?" I warned them.
"Oh, I believe anything Tera makes would be delicious!" Amber assured me.
Come on now... You're exaggerating...
But I will admit I'm a little curious on what kind of alcohol they have and how it might taste if I mix them.
Once again, I have to say that I am seriously just an amateur when it comes to mixology. I do enjoy a drink now and then but it's not like I do it professionally nor do I do it often.
I would say that the most complicated drink I know how to make is a mojito which I might add in various different fruits to change the taste depending on my mood.
But then here comes the problem...
I looked at the bar where various different bottles were stacked on the shelves with labels that look completely alien to me.
What even are these? I don't even see anything that I know...
I even read some of the labels and I didn't even find anything that even remotely told me that the bottle I was holding was whiskey, vodka, rum or whatever.
The only good thing that I could find was that they at least had flavoured syrups and also what I guess were synthherbs or whatever they might be called.@@@@
Wait...
I opened up one of the containers and dipped my finger into the pile of white crystals before bringing it to my tongue.
This is...
"Is that White Powder?" Amber asked, her eyes sparkling.
"No, it's salt," I told her, putting the container back.
"Oh... And here I thought they gave us free White Powder to enjoy. What a bummer."
I raised an eyebrow, "This actually tastes like real salt though? Is this not a surprise?"
"Oh, no. Salt's not that hard to make, Tera. In fact, a lot of the salt mines are located in the outer colonies since they mine them from asteroids anyway. Ironically, it's cheaper to get salt in the outer colonies than it is in the inner colonies."
Ah... Ok...
I took down the next container which also had white crystals in them and tasted it.
"Sweet... This is sugar... Real sugar."
"Ohhh!! Ok! Organic sugar is expensive!! They actually have real sugar here?! That's really luxurious!!"
Hmm... Interesting.
"Captain? May I?" Lea asked with an outstretched hand. Read new adventures at My Virtual Library Empire
I handed the container to her and she reached her hand in to take a pinch of the sugar before very carefully bringing it to her mouth to taste.
Heck, I wouldn't even mind just drinking this for the rest of the night too.
I placed the glass down on the counter and saw the girls staring at me with various different weird looking faces.
I was just about to ask why they looked like that until I realised the container that held the sugar was completely empty.
"Did you girls... Eat all the sugar?"
"It's my first time tasting real sugar, ok?" Amber mumbled.
The other girls also nodded, though they all shared the same shamefaced look. The same kind of look that one might have when they got caught eating the entire cookie jar.
Wow... Ok... I mean... You've all eaten sweet stuff before right? Wait... Have we actually eaten any desserts? I don't think we have... Shit... I don't think I've made any desserts have I?
Ok, now I suddenly feel like eating something sweet... But then these girls have already eaten all the sugar...
I gave them the best offended look I could muster, "You girls ate all the sugar and left none for me huh?"
I actually felt a little bad when the four of them reacted to my words immediately.
Ries was looking down and her hood drooped down which pretty much told me that her ears were also drooping as well.
Lea quickly started to apologise but her words were cut off when both Amber and Mara reached for the container at the same time while crying out simultaneously.
"I'll go and ask them for more, Tera!"
"I'll get them to give us more right now!"
What ended up happening because of that was both women knocking their heads into each other while trying to reach for the container and the crack from the hit was loud enough to make me wince when I heard it.
Ouch...
The two girls separated and held their heads in pain but tried to reach for it again so I placed my hand over it and pulled it out of their grasp.
"Ok, stop there. While I would indeed like to have more sugar, I want all of you to try this first and let me know what you think."
All of them perked up at the same time and crowded around the beer I had just mixed for them.
I left them to it and proceeded to mix another glass, this time trying it with another syrup instead to see if it would taste just as good.
Just as I was grabbing the beer from the end, I heard a squeal coming from in front of me.
"Ahhh!! What's this?! This is so good!! How did you make this, Tera?!"
"I... Literally just mixed two different alcohols together and added some syrup... Surely you've at least tried some cocktails before?"
"Oh, no, definitely not! I've only ever drank beer! This is delicious!! More, Tera!!"
Mara also took a sip from the mug and nodded, "Ah... That's nice. I've gone to bars where they mixed drinks before but I don't think they mix it that well since they use machines instead of people to mix them. This is indeed nice."
Oh great... Another thing that got screwed by machines... Is there anything related to food that isn't screwed up by machines here?
Has the standard for food dropped so low?